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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BERKS, or Berkshire	Berkshire	BERKS , or Berkshire, an inland county, within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the N, by Gloucester	Imperial
  BRAMBLETYE HOUSE	Sussex	little intrinsic interest, but has some notoriety through Horace Smith's romance. The house was built, in the time of James I., by Sir Henry Compton	Imperial
  BURTON-DASSETT	Warwickshire	Compton r. station, and 4 E of Kington; and was once a markettown. The parish includes also the hamlets of Little	Imperial
  CHICHESTER	Sussex	Little Hampton, Madehurst, Poleing, Preston, Rustington, Tortington, Walberton, and Yapton; and the p. curacy of North Stoke. The deanery of Boxgrove comprises the rectories of Almodington, Earnley, Birdham, North Marden, Merston, Racton, Selsey, West Stoke, West Thorney, Up-Waltham, and East Wittering; the vicarages of Aldingbourne, Bosham, Boxgrove, Chidham, Compton	Imperial
  Compton, Little	Warwickshire	Compton, Little , par., S. Warwickshire, 4½ miles NW. of Chipping Norton, 1670 ac., pop. 501.	Bartholomew
  COMPTON (Little), or Compton-Parva	Warwickshire	COMPTON (Little) , or Compton-Parva, a parish in the district of Chipping-Norton and county of Warwick; n ear the Four	Imperial
  DEVONSHIRE, or Devon	Devon	DEVONSHIRE , or Devon, a maritime county; bounded, on the N, by the Bristol channel; on the NE, by Somerset; on	Imperial
  DORCHESTER	Dorset	Compton-Abbas, Compton-Vallence, Kingston-Russell, Long Bredy, Little Bredy, Winterbourne-Abbas, Winterbourne-Steepleton, and Winterbourne-St. Martin, and the parochial	Imperial
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Little Petherick, and Withiel; the vicarages of Colan, Cubert, St. Enoder, St. Evel, St. Issey, St. Merin, Newlyn, Padstow, Perranzabuloe, and St. Wenn; and the p. curacies of St. Columb-Minor, Crantock, Mount-Hawk, and Mithian. The deanery of Kerrier contains the rectories of Falmonth, Grade, Landewednack, St. Martin-in-Meneage, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Mawnan, Ruan-Major, and Ruan-Minor; the vicarages of St. Anthony-in-Meneage, Breage, St. Constantine, St. Gluvias, Budock, St. Gwennap, Helston, St. Keverne, Manaccon, Mullion, Mylor, Sithney, St. Stithians, and Wendron; and the p. curacies of Cury, Germoe, Gunwallo, Godolpliin, Penwerries, Day, Lannarth, Mabe-Flushing	Imperial
  FULHAM	Middlesex	little west of the village, from some time long before the Conquest; but seems to have been repeatedly reconstructed. The present palace was begun by Bishop Fitzjames in the time of Henry VII.; consists principally of parts of more recent date; has been altered, renovated, extended, and beautified by successive bishops ., presents an imposing appearance, though built of brick; comprises two courts, with chapel and library; and contains an interesting series of portraits of the bishops. The grounds connected with it are very fine; possess charming close scenes, both in themselves and in their combinations with the river; and have	Imperial
  GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL	Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire	Little Rissington, Wick-Rissington, Shipton-Sollars, Shipton-Oliffe, Upper Slaughter, Stow-on-the-Wold, Sutton-under-Brails, Upper Swell, Westcote, and Windrush; the vicarages of Aston-Blank, Great Barrington, Little Barrington, Bledington, Guyting-Inferior, Longborough, Lower Swell, and Turk-Dean; and the p. curacies of Clapton, Lower Slaughter, Addlestrop, Little Compton	Imperial
  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, or Gloucester	Gloucestershire	Little Compton, Shenington, Minety, and Sutton-under-Brailes, and part of Lea. The registration county takes in seven parishes from	Imperial
  GUILDFORD	Surrey	GUILDFORD , a town, three parishes, a sub-district, and a district in Surrey. The town stands on the river Wey	Imperial
  KINETON, or KINGTON	Warwickshire	Compton r. station, and 11 S by E of Warwick; comprises two streets, at right angles; is a seat of petty sessions; had formerly a weekly market; and has now a post office‡ under Warwick, two inns, a church, a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, a middle school and reading room, and fairs on 5 Feb. and 2 Oct. The church stands in the middle of the town; is cruciform, with an added N aisle; was partly rebuilt in 1775; and has a fine old doorway and a tower.—The parish contains also the hamlet of Little	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	Compton, who was more martial than ecclesiastical; Robinson, who was lord-privy-seal, and the last bishop to hold a civil office of state; Gibson, who was styled by his opponents "the English pope; ''Sherlock, who was stylcd by Pope "the plunging prelate; ''Lowth, who refused the primacy; Porteus, who suppressed Sunday entertainments; and Howley, who became archbishop. Some of the most notable of the dignitaries were three who became cardinals; Francis, who became archbishop of Constantinople; Hodgkin and Young, who became bishops of respectively Bedford and Callipolis; Colet, who funded St. Paul's school; Nowel, Donne, Barwick, W. Sherlock	Imperial
  NORTHAMPTON	Northamptonshire	Compton take from the town the titles of Earl and Marquis. Structure and Antiquities. —The town stands on agentle ascent, on the left bank of the Nen; and has charming environs, adorned with wood, and gemmed with mansions and villas. It comprises two principalstreets, spacious and regular, nearly a mile in length, intersecting each other at right angles, and dividing it into four nearly equal parts; includes minor streets, diverging from the principal ones; includes also a spacious market-place, where formerly stood a cross and a conduit; consists of well-built houses, chiefly of a reddish-coloured freestone	Imperial
  NORTHLEACH	Gloucestershire	Little Barrington, East-Leach-Turville, East-Leach-Martin, Southrop, and the greater part of Bibury; and the sub-district of Chedworth, containing the parishes of Chedworth, Coln, St. Denis, Coln-Rogers, Compton	Imperial
  NORTON-CHIPPING, or Chipping-Norton	Oxfordshire	Little Tew, Great Tew, Swerford, Heythrop and Dunthrop, Salford, Little Rollright, Great Rollright, Chastleton, Cornwell, Little Compton, Long Compton, and Barton	Imperial
  OXFORD	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire Wiltshire	Little-more; passed, at the dissolution of monasteries, first toone proprietor, then to another; was transferred, in 1547, to Merton college; and, some time after, became aregular academical hall. The building's stand adjacent to the N E side of Merton college; they formed, till recently, a very plain quadrangle; and, in 1863-6, they were re-modelled by a new facing of the entire quadrangle, and by the restoration of the quaint lofty bell-turret, and extended by the erection of a chapel and of additionalchambers. The members have included Bishop Hooper, Archbishop Marsh, Speaker Lenthal, Philip Massinger	Imperial
  PEVENSEY	Sussex	Comptons, and the Cavendishes; belongs now to the Duke of Devonshire; and is representedby extensive and picturesque remains. The outer wallsenclose an area of nearly 10 acres, are about 12 feet thick and 30 feet high, and include many Roman bricks; and a mediæval structure, stands inward from the E wall, is quadrangular, massive, and grand, is surmounted, round the court, by five towers, is moated on the N and the W, and was formerly entered by a drawbridge. Roman coins and other Roman relics have been found; and two culverins of the 16th century	Imperial

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